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Ormat Subsidiary Joins Geothermal Rush to Supply Chile’s New Renewable Energy Program

Until this year, Chile's renewable energy standard required only 3.5% of clean electricity by 2020. This year, they raised it to 20%. Now...

Future-Proofing: Key Protection Invented By Israeli Company

Increasingly, we humans are going to have to share our coasts with a new pest we have created. Here's a problem that will get worse...

Arava Institute Joins Forces With American Arabs

The Arava Institue works with Palestinians and Israelis to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges As one the most conflict-ridden regions in the world, the...

With Peak Oil Looming, Gulf States Consider Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Huge oil subsidies in the Middle Eastern oil-producing nations mean that residents pay very little for oil. One big problem in getting everyone to reduce...

Since History Can’t Be Bought, The UAE Will Pass A Law To Protect It

The Al Fahidi Fort is just one historical building in the UAE that would be placed under federal protection if a new architectural law...

What Urban Rooftop Gardening Could Do For The Middle East

With so many flat roofs across the Middle East, surely the region is ripe for a bit of rooftop gardening? Recent reports that people in...

Severe Winter Storm Proves Caesarea Predictions True

The cruel sea, with 10 meter high waves took its toll on the ancient port of Caesarea this weekend. Sunday's severe winter storm that raged...

Green Tidings from The American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo's new campus was designed for efficient energy and water usage. Most observers would not think of Egypt as an environmental...

Cancun Ends On Slightly Better Note Than Copenhagen

Cancun ends. Qatar's happy, so is Saudi Arabia. But Bolivia's not. Not every country whose representatives attended the climate talks in Mexico are pleased...

New Apple Headquarters To Be Modeled After Masdar City

What happens when Norman Foster and Steve Jobs get together? The City of Apple, of course. Recently my macbook perished on the coast of Kenya....

Hunky Surfer Calendar Raises Money and Awareness for EcoOcean and Surfing4Peace

New 2011 calendar proves that water conservation can be hunky. One young Swede who recently immigrated to Israel, and was perhaps unaccustomed to the beautiful...

Is Abu Dhabi Deserving of Best City In Middle East – Med Region?

Beating out Marrakech, Doha and Amman, luxurious "rich man's playgrounds" like Al Reem Island cast a shadow on Abu Dhabi's Best City designation Like its neighboring...

Third Green Awards Shows Qatar’s Expanding Sustainability Ethos

The third annual Green Awards were distributed last week at the Four Seasons hotel in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Today and its partners handed out the...

New Pedestrian Projects in the Center of Tehran

Two more streets in center of Tehran will be changed to pedestrian streets. These two are Bab-Homayoon and Naser-Khosro streets in highly busy center...

Another “Smog Holiday” in Tehran

Yay, I used to say as a kid when we'd get snowed in for school. A surprise overnight "dump" could paralyze our small town...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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